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© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Ideas and perspectives
| 
10 Feb 2023
Ideas and perspectives |
| 10 Feb 2023
| 10 Feb 2023
Ideas and perspectives: Land–ocean connectivity through groundwater
Damian L. Arévalo-Martínez
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
now at: Department of Ecological Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 6525 AJ, the Netherlands
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
Hermann W. Bange
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
Ercan Erkul
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Marion Jegen
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
Nils Moosdorf
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, 28359,
Germany
Jens Schneider von Deimling
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Christian Berndt
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
Michael Ernst Böttcher
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW),
Rostock, 18119, Germany
Marine Geochemistry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, 17489,
Germany
Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, Rostock, 18051,
Germany
Jasper Hoffmann
Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, List, 25992, Germany
Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
Volker Liebetrau
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
deceased
Ulf Mallast
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, 04318,
Germany
Gudrun Massmann
Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129,
Germany
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129,
Germany
Aaron Micallef
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
Holly A. Michael
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Hendrik Paasche
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, 04318,
Germany
Wolfgang Rabbel
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Isaac Santos
Department of Marine Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg,
40539, Sweden
Jan Scholten
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Katrin Schwalenberg
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover,
30655, Germany
Beata Szymczycha
Institute of Gdańsk Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, 81-712,
Poland
Ariel T. Thomas
Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
Joonas J. Virtasalo
Marine Geology, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Espoo, 02150,
Finland
Hannelore Waska
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129,
Germany
Bradley A. Weymer
School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai,
China
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Short summary
Groundwater flows at the land–ocean transition and the extent of freshened groundwater below the seafloor are increasingly relevant in marine sciences, both because they are a highly uncertain term of biogeochemical budgets and due to the emerging interest in the latter as a resource. Here, we discuss our perspectives on future research directions to better understand land–ocean connectivity through groundwater and its potential responses to natural and human-induced environmental changes.
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